Help with word art

[NC Scroller]

I am attempting to make my very first intersecting word art pattern using Inkscape. The issue is when I go to print it it is so large that I only get like two letters. I want to print on legal paper. How do I resize to entire design and not loose my alignment?

[WayneMahler]

I normally draw mine up in landscape. I set the page size to 8.5 x 11 and the make the pattern. If you need a larger view of the pattern hold down control key and then scroll the mouse wheel to enlarge or decrease the viewing/working area. Once I like it, I save it as a pdf file. Close Inkscape and open the pdf file. When you go to print, select poster then set the percentage. Then select print and joint the pages together once printed. I hope this makes sense, I am so used to doing it this way and it works very well for me. 

[Jim Finn]

On my computer I print everything in "Paint"  that comes with the operating system.  I just use and re-use the "resize" function there, read the dimensions in inches on the bottom of the screen until I get the size I need.

[amazingkevin]

Boy someday i hope all this clicks in my head so i too could be one of the pattern guys ! thanks

 

I am attempting to make my very first intersecting word art pattern using Inkscape. The issue is when I go to print it it is so large that I only get like two letters. I want to print on legal paper. How do I resize to entire design and not loose my alignment?

 

 

I normally draw mine up in landscape. I set the page size to 8.5 x 11 and the make the pattern. If you need a larger view of the pattern hold down control key and then scroll the mouse wheel to enlarge or decrease the viewing/working area. Once I like it, I save it as a pdf file. Close Inkscape and open the pdf file. When you go to print, select poster then set the percentage. Then select print and joint the pages together once printed. I hope this makes sense, I am so used to doing it this way and it works very well for me. 

 

 

On my computer I print everything in "Paint"  that comes with the operating system.  I just use and re-use the "resize" function there, read the dimensions in inches on the bottom of the screen until I get the size I need.

[Iguanadon]

Scott, I'm not fluent with Inkscape, so I may be off base here, but take a look at trying this...

 

Go to PRINT and then click on PREFERENCES, you can select your paper size, etc, then you should see this tab...

 

http://screencast.com/t/C6q00PyA

 

FIT TO PAGE in theory should work... Good luck.

[fastfreddy]

I normally draw mine up in landscape. I set the page size to 8.5 x 11 and the make the pattern. If you need a larger view of the pattern hold down control key and then scroll the mouse wheel to enlarge or decrease the viewing/working area. Once I like it, I save it as a pdf file. Close Inkscape and open the pdf file. When you go to print, select poster then set the percentage. Then select print and joint the pages together once printed. I hope this makes sense, I am so used to doing it this way and it works very well for me. 

I was also wondering about how to do that, thanks for that information, going down on notebook tips

[Travis]

I think the first step is to make sure you designed your pattern the size you want to eventually cut it.  I wasn't clear if that is the case or not.

 

If not:

• Select your whole design and Group it (ctrl+g).
• Select your group.
• Go to the top and click the Lock icon.  This will lock your aspect ratio so you don't distort your image when resizing.
• The pulldown on the right is probably defaulted to "px".  Choose In for inches (or whatever scale you want)
• Then for width, type in how wide you want to make it.

 

 

As far as getting it on 1 page, I suppose if it's small enough to fit on 1 page, you'll be fine.  However, my experience, especially with this type of pattern, you'll want it fairly large.  Here's a tutorial on how I print oversized patterns.  Hopefully that will help.

 

[NC Scroller]

I think the first step is to make sure you designed your pattern the size you want to eventually cut it.  I wasn't clear if that is the case or not.

 

If not:

• Select your whole design and Group it (ctrl+g).
• Select your group.
• Go to the top and click the Lock icon.  This will lock your aspect ratio so you don't distort your image when resizing.
• The pulldown on the right is probably defaulted to "px".  Choose In for inches (or whatever scale you want)
• Then for width, type in how wide you want to make it.

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As far as getting it on 1 page, I suppose if it's small enough to fit on 1 page, you'll be fine.  However, my experience, especially with this type of pattern, you'll want it fairly large.  Here's a tutorial on how I print oversized patterns.  Hopefully that will help.

 

Thanks Travis. I just started my design without thought to final size. What I designed was roughly 4X what the final should have been. Kinda tough cutting out a 6' piece of wood art. Another variable lesson learned.

[Debi Shipman]

I don't mean to jump in, but what size do the ones in the pattern library print out to?  I have to do my printing at the library and usually I just click "actual" on the size.  If it starts spitting out a dozen pages, I may get kicked out. lol

[Phantom Scroller]

Save it as a PDF and resize to print in Adobe Acrobat. Roly

[Debi Shipman]

Save it as a PDF and resize to print in Adobe Acrobat. Roly

Thanks, Roly.  I tried printing it as is and got the middle couple of letters. 

[djhwoodwerks]

Make sure before you start designing your pattern, you resize the page to what you want. If you're printing on legal paper, 8.5 x 14, select that for your page size and then design accordingly.